Editing Pdf in Affinity Publisher

[Mellow]

Hi, when I drag a PDF into Affinity Publisher, I can't edit it when I double click on it. I have been able to do this all along.
Normally, when I dragged the PDF into Publisher, it would show up as a group, with the individual layers. Now it is one layer, without the subdivisions. 

I would be happy if you can help me with this quickly. 

[NathanC]

Hi @Mellow welcome to the forums,

If you place a PDF file into an existing Publisher document it will import as a single object, the edibility of that PDF layer depends on if it was placed as an Embedded or Linked Resource, which by default is determined by the image placement policy within your current document (can be found under Document Setup).

When the PDF is placed as an embedded resource, it's contents can be edited by double clicking on it, this opens up a separate document window where you can access and change the PDF's layer content and save for those changes to take effect on the placed PDF in the original document.

When the PDF is placed as a linked resource, double clicking to edit it will have no effect, the document can only be changed by editing and saving the file externally, at which point the changes will take effect on the placed file, so long as 'Automatically update linked resources' is enabled under Preferences > General.

You can change a resource's placement policy between linked and embedded at any time in the Window > Resource Manager Window.

Guides: https://affinity.help/publisher2/English.lproj/pages/Media/embeddingVsLinking.html

https://affinity.help/publisher2/English.lproj/pages/Media/resourceManager.html

I hope this helps!

[jweitzel]

Did you zoom into the pdf very strong to see if it consist only of one single pixel-layer? From time to time that happens to me...

Johannes